Scope and Content Note

This subseries contains both professionally shot portraits of Rushdie as well as photographs from his public appearances from circa 1960-2006. The subseries begins with images from the Booker McConnell Prize Dinner in 1981, at which Rushdie was honored for Midnight's Children. Also included are photographs from numerous book-signings, a 70th birthday celebration in honor of Günter Grass, the press conference at which Rushdie announced the end of the Fatwa, and various writing festivals, readings, and other public appearances. The photographs detail the wide range of Rushdie's appeal, and include events in London, Paris, Hamburg, Köln, the United States, and additional locations.

Arrangement Note

Arranged by type of photograph, then in chronological order within each type.

Rushdie, Salman, and others, "Doctorats Honoris Causa," Universite de Liege, 2000 [Presented "In the name of Freedom of Speech and by Solidarity for his predicament as an individual threatened by Islamic Fundamentalism]